Programme History
DREAMWEAVERDec 2021
Esplanade Presents: Voices – A Festival of Song
Dreamweaver (under the invitation of The Esplanade)
Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore
Dreamweaver – Ola GJEILO (Singapore Premiere)
Apr 2022
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Concert Hall, Singapore
Mass No. 2 in G Major, D.167 – Franz SCHUBERT
Schubert Fest!
in betwinningSep 2022
(supported by the National Arts Council of Singapore)
Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore
O Vos Omnes – Jacquet de MANTUA
O Vos Omnes – Daniel KNAGGS (Singapore Premiere)
Know What is Above You – Steve REICH
Benedictio – Urmas SISASK
Das Schifflein – Robert SCHUMANN
And Both Shall Row – Eric BANKS (Singapore Premiere)
Calme des nuits – Camille SAINT-SAËNS
Звёзды (The Stars) – Sergei TANEYEV
Simple Gifts – arr. Stephen LEEK
To Be Free – arr. Karen SIEGEL (Singapore Premiere)
We Tell Each Other Stories / I am Open – Craig Hella JOHNSON (Singapore Premiere)
To Everything, There is a Season – Daniel KNAGGS (Singapore Premiere)
catharsis
Jul 2023
(in collaboration with EVOKX Chamber Choir Singapore, supported by the National Arts Council of Singapore)
Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore
Hear My Prayer, O Lord – Henry PURCELL/Sven-David SANDSTRÖM
The Cloths of Heaven – Aldophus HAILSTORK
Occhi di bragia – Paulo ORLANDI (Singapore Premiere)
O Magnum Mysterium – Morten LAURIDSEN
Heart-Glimmer – Americ GOH (World Premiere, Commission)
Libera Me – Nana FORTE
And So I Go On – Jake RUNESTAD
Sanctus – Ola GJEILO
Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine – Eric WHITACRE
LIVING ON A PRAYER
Jun 2024
(supported by the National Arts Council of Singapore)
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Concert Hall, Singapore
Agnus Dei – Frank MARTIN
Immaculata – Tine BEC (Singapore Premiere)
Beauty of Rain (compositions from Miya Ki Malhaar) – Tanishqa VERMA, Ayesha OMER, Renu SURESH (Singapore Premiere)
Mantra – Nana FORTE (Singapore premiere)
Wade in the Water – arr. Moses HOGAN
Mass for the Endangered – Sarah Kirkland SNIDER [for chamber orchestra and SSAATTBB choir] (Asian premiere with multimedia visual performance)
Dec 2024
Esplanade Presents: Voices – A Festival of Song
Old Sounds Made New: Modern Motets and Madrigals (under the invitation of The Esplanade)
Esplanade Foyer, Singapore
Lay a Garland (Robert PEARSALL)
Kristallen den fina (arr. Gunnar ERIKSSON)
Heyr himna smiður (trad.)
Siepe, che gli orti vaghi (William HAWLEY)
Se Per Harvevi Oime (Morten LAURIDSEN)
Dum medium silentium (Vytautas MIŠKINIS)
OLD SOUNDS MADE NEW
REALITY CHECK #1: MAD World
Apr 2026
(in collaboration with early music specialist Enrico Correggia, Italy)
Druggists | Craft Beer Taproom, Singapore
Si ch’io vorrei morire (Claudio MONTEVERDI)
Vestiva i colli (Giovanni Pierluigi da PALESTRINA)
Mascherata di villanelle (Adriano BANCHIERI)
Occhi lucenti e belli (Luca MARENZIO)
Il gioco la primiera (Alessandro STRIGGIO)
REALITY CHECK #2: BODY Language
May 2026
(in collaboration with osteo-yogi Bryan Ng, Singapore)
Yoga Seeds Shala, Singapore
Solfeggio (Arvo PÄRT)
Adinu (arr. Shireen ABU-KHADER, Andre DE QUADROS)
Taavetti laul nr. 141 (Cyrillus KREEK)
Seven Line Supplication to Guru Rinpoche (Harry EINHORN)
Breathing (Judy SPECHT)
Moonset (Don MACDONALD)